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Jan

Currency Exhibit at the Shanghai Museum 上海博物馆

Posted by: admin in China, Shanghai, Travel

A Template for Printing Money, This is for One Hundred Wen

One of the more significant inventions which came out of China continues to influence our way of life. In fact, you can say that without it, life will certainly be very different. I am talking about paper money. It used to be that coins were minted from precious metals and imprinted with particular designs so that they will become official to ward off forgeries. However, there was a significant drawback to these financial instruments – they can be heavy.
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